On Sale Now! Top Stockpickers

This year's disastrous market has tripped up many good portfolio managers. Barron's selects five whose funds are bargains.

By

Michael Shari

October 10, 2011

Many good companies go through dry spells: their strategies fall flat, or don't produce the stellar results Wall Street had come to expect. And investors don't hesitate to jump ship. But what's sometimes left behind -- think McDonald's, Nike, IBM or Coca-Cola -- is a resilient executive team that adapts, or simply decides to press ahead until sentiment changes. Those can turn out to be great stock picks. The same can be true of good mutual-fund managers.

A number of experienced, well-respected hands with top-tier long-term...